Using Landsat TM imagery to map fynbos plant communities: A case study

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-87

  Kotzé, Ian J D F ^a   Fairall, Neil ^b  

^a Institute for Soil Climate and Water   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Classification accuracy; Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery; Principal component analysis; Supervised maximum likelihood classification; Vegetation survey

Indexed keywords

FYNBOS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 33745436184     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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